Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Narun hamiyatun
نار حامية
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.